Can I safely separate 2 seedlings grown together
bigoledude
15 years ago
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Macmex
15 years agowayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana
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Can I split 2 week Lobelia seedling?
Comments (6)That is a tricky question, here is what I am thinking. You can plant hos (hunk of seedling) method. Which I seriously do not like this method unless I have no other choice. Though you may try it and have great success and I know others have tried it and they swear by it. They pretty much cut into the seedlings like you have above and plant out like you have a hunk of brownies, they don't separate the seedlings from one another. The reason I do not care for this method is because it seems as it takes forever for the plants to grow using this method in my soil. With that said I would be scared to separate those seedlings now at the cotyledon stage, though they may do just fine. This is me and only me, I would wait to see what happens. See if the plants will get their first set of true leaves, as they are now, I wouldn't wait to see the second set. If it seems to be taking awhile for the plants to develop then I would throw caution in the wind and separate them out. If they start to grow and thrive just as they are I would let them continue to grow at least till they got their first set of true leaves. Then I would separate them and replant. At the first set of true leaves the roots aren't to awfully bad for some plants. You didn't mention which type of lobelia, but looking at the pictures and comparing it to my cardinal flower you must be growing the annual lobelia. If you are growing the annual lobelia I would almost just divide that one hunk in several hunks. From my guesstimate (yes I know that isn't a real word but I still use it guess + estimate = guesstimate) I would say you could maybe get 10 hunks out of the one on the bottom left. Sorry I am not much help on that one!! I will say very nice job at posting pictures, though!! lol...See MoreGrowing seedlings together
Comments (7)Hey, I just noticed this post. I have actually done this very same thing to several of my 4-month old seedlings that I just repotted (see below). You can't tell from the way they are separate above the soil but underneath, the seedlings are perched on two lava rocks roughly 2 inches wide. Their roots are tangled in such a way that the taproots will have room to grow around each other. To hold up the seedlings while I worked on the roots and the lava rocks, they were arranged and kept in position using three vice grips lol. Spooky action from a small distance, har har. Frankly, I just didn't want to have to babysit so many pots in the winter so I am growing at least 7 seedlings in this manner. I might actually do this to my even older seedlings. I don't expect their caudices to fuse. But I think wounding a mature caudex and ducktaping it to another is a brilliant idea. Maybe you can even chop a whole section off the caudex depending on how you want to fuse two plants together. From what I saw Kirk do, his grafted cuttings literally sent out roots into the stock plant which I thought was amazing. Hmm...I am now eyeing my mature plants with nefarious intent. It's probably too late in the year to be experimenting so radically. Next spring.... Pagan P.S. These are seedlings of the same obesum variety. P.P.S It's entirely possible ducktape is not the best material to use....See MoreTomato n00b question-- seedlings close together
Comments (11)Thanks for the advice and late night/early morning quickness! :3 I will attempt to separate them, but if it doesn't work I will sadly be giving the runty ones the snip. I'll also adjust the height of the soil-- I noticed with some lettuce in a coffee can that I didn't pack quite enough soil in the thing so it's quite shady (but from what I understand that's okay with lettuce?) Luckily with clear~ish cups there is at least some light passing through and some of it is reflected inside the rims. I think the lack of southerly neighbors providing an unobstructed view of the Texas sun also plays a huge role in this~ but then again I have no idea what leggy tomato plants look like. I don't even know what baby sprouty tomato plants look like. This is a big learning experience for me :3 Wish me luck separating them, and look forward to hearing me either cry or cheer when it comes time to transplant the things :D This forum is amazing. I love you guys!...See MoreTrying to decide if staying together or separation is best
Comments (32)Hi, sohurt. I just read thru this thread. From what you say, it sure does seem you are giving it your best. Did your therapist mention to you that DH might have a W/M complex? Men might all have a little bit of it to some extent. He seems to be rather selfish. Raising kids is a normal part of all marriages. They take a lot of time and energy. Can you ask your therapist if he might have a personality disorder? I took this excert from http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-5-2002-19793.asp. The following explains the view they might have on women: The Holy Whore The Hunter Parasite The Frustrating Object of Desire Uniqueness Roles The narcissist divides all women to saints and whores. He finds it difficult to have sex ("dirty", "forbidden", "punishable", "degrading") with feminine significant others (spouse, intimate girlfriend). To him, sex and intimacy are mutually exclusive rather than mutually expressive propositions. Sex is reserved to "whores" (all other women in the world). This division provides for a resolution of his constant cognitive dissonance ("I want her but...", "I don't need anyone but..."). It also legitimizes his sadistic urges (abstaining from sex is a major and recurrent narcissistic "penalty" inflicted on female "transgressors"). It also tallies well with the frequent idealization-devaluation cycles the narcissist goes through. The idealized females are sexless, the devalued ones "deserving" of their degradation (sex) and the contempt that, inevitably, follows thereafter. The name of the article is "Do Narcissists Hate Women?" Although it may not be what is wrong with your DH it is an interesting read. It goes into depth as regard to this from of Personality Disorder. My opinion, if you meet up with one of these guys, run....for....the.....hills!...See Morerxkeith
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